Testing Bits – 2/26/17 – 3/4/17

Here is this week’s collection of articles, blogs, and announcements covering the days of 2/26/17 – 3/4/17.

Articles & Blogs

• 3 Sessions of Security Testing – Jesper Lottossen – https://jlottosen.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/3-sessions-of-security-testing/
• 5 ways to drive your automation engineers away – Angie Jones – https://techbeacon.com/5-ways-drive-your-automation-engineers-away#.WLVvn7THxPQ.twitter
• Agile Testing is What You Make It To Be – Albert Gareev – http://automation-beyond.com/2017/02/28/agile-testing-is-what-you-make-it-to-be/
• Career Development Planning Questions – Steve Bennett – https://www.steve.codes/blog/2017/2/27/career-development-planning-questions
• Disorganized Thinking – Michael Fritzius – https://testzius.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/disorganized-thinking/
• Downtime vs slowtime: Which hurts more? – Tammy Everts – https://www.soasta.com/blog/downtime-vs-slowtime/
• First steps as a test automation coach – Bas Dijkstra – http://www.ontestautomation.com/first-steps-as-a-test-automation-coach/

• Focus Your Testing by Understanding How Customers Use Your Product – John Ruberto – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/focus-your-testing-understanding-how-customers-use-your-product
• Lessons learned from editing my first podcast – Neil Studd – http://neilstudd.ghost.io/2017/02/26/lessons-learned-from-editing-my-first-podcast/
• Oh the tests I’ll run – Alan Page – http://angryweasel.com/blog/oh-the-tests-ill-run/
• Q&A with Anne-Marie Charrett – Rich Rogers – https://richrtesting.com/2017/03/03/qa-with-anne-marie-charrett/
• Quality Workshop – Anne-Marie Charrett – http://mavericktester.com/archive/quality-workshop/
• So You Want To Produce a Podcast? Part One: The 5,000 Foot View – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/02/so-you-want-to-produce-podcast-part-one.html
• So You Want to Produce A Podcast? Part Two: Topic and Control – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/02/so-you-want-to-produce-podcast-part-two.html
• So You Want To Produce a Podcast? Part Three: A Space to Create – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/03/so-you-want-to-produce-podcast-part.html
• So You Want To Produce a Podcast? Part Four: Connecting the Train Cars – Michael Larsen – http://www.mkltesthead.com/2017/03/so-you-want-to-produce-podcast-part_3.html
• Testers Should Think Like Marketeers – Ben Linders – https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/03/testers-think-marketeers
• The Friction Between Developer And Testers – Sanjay Zalavadia – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/friction-between-developer-and-tester/
• The joy of helping others – Lee – https://thegrowingtester.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/the-joy-of-helping-others/
• The paradigm shift in preventing bugs vs. catching them later – John Andrews – https://testingfromthehip.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/the-paradigm-shift-in-preventing-bugs-vs-catching-them-later/
• Tips for Working With Recruiters: An Interview with Mitch Kurker – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/03/tips-for-working-with-recruiters.html
• Unconventional Wisdom V9: Proactive Testing™ Part 2: Drives Development – Robin Goldsmith – https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/unconventional-wisdom-v9-proactive-testing-part-2-drives-development/
• UX is NOT EQUAL to UI – Parimala Hariprasad – http://curioustester.blogspot.com/2017/03/ux-is-not-equal-to-ui.html
• Working with Recruiters to Find Manual Testing QA Positions? Make Sure to Always Be Kind – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/03/working-with-recruiters-to-find-manual.html

Tools/Programming

• 5 Reasons You Should Use the Brand-New C# 7.0 in Your WebDriver Tests – Anton Angelov – https://automatetheplanet.com/selenium-webdriver-tests-csharp-seven/
• Build Test Automation Using Selenium: An Interview with Jeff Morgan – Jennifer Bonine – https://www.stickyminds.com/interview/build-test-automation-using-selenium-interview-jeff-morgan
• Selenium WebDriver – Exploring the Combo-Box element (C#) – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/03/selenium-webdriver-exploring-combo-box.html
• Selenium WebDriver – How to Identify Web Elements Using Selenium XPath – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/02/selenium-webdriver-how-to-identify-web.html
• Selenium WebDriver – Using web browser command (C#) – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/03/selenium-webdriver-using-web-browser.html
• Selenium WebDriver – Working with child element of a table (C#) – David Tzemach – http://www.machtested.com/2017/03/selenium-webdriver-working-with-child.html
• Serenity BDD: An Automation Framework That Uses Specification by Example (SBE) – T.J. Maher – http://www.tjmaher.com/2017/03/serenity-bdd-automation-framework-that.html
• Unexpected Automation: Creating an automated form filler with Chrome Extensions – Mark Winteringham – http://www.mwtestconsultancy.co.uk/automated-form-filler/

Conferences/Events/Meetups/Organizations/Training

• Attending the CASTx conference in Sydney (21st February, 2017) – Lee Hawkins – https://therockertester.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/attending-the-castx-conference-in-sydney-21st-february-2017/
• Organizing meetups – Claire Moss – http://blog.aclairefication.com/2017/03/organizing-meetups/
• Test Leadership Breakfast – Katrina Clokie – http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2017/03/test-leadership-breakfast.html
• Testers Meetup Lahore 3rd Edition – Majd Uddin – https://knowledgetester.org/2017/02/27/testers-meetup-lahore-3rd-edition/
• Where Testers and QA Fit in the Story of DevOps [Webinar Recap] – Ryan Yackel – https://www.qasymphony.com/blog/testers-qa-fit-devops-webinar-recap/

Miscellaneous

• Magazine: Women Testers Magazine – January 2017 Edition – Jyothi Rangaiah – http://www.womentesters.com/women-testers-january-2017-edition/
• Podcast: 27: Mahmoud Hashemi : unit, integration, and system testing – Brian Okken – http://testandcode.com/27
• Podcast: 142: Automation Code for Cash with Zack Burt – Joe Colantonio – https://joecolantonio.com/testtalks/142-automation-code-cash-zack-burt/
• Podcast: Episode #15: Digging into Python packaging – Michael Kennedy, Brian Okken – https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/15/digging-into-python-packaging
• Podcast: STP Radio: Hans Buwalda talks about Automation Success – Mike Lyles – http://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stp-radio-hans-buwalda-talks-about-autom
• Podcast: STP Radio: Jess Lancaster, QA Practice Manager on Paired Testing – Mike Lyles – http://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stp-radio-jess-lancaster-qa-practice-man
• Podcast: STP Radio: Test (R)evolution III – An Expert Panel on Software Testing – STPConS17 – Mike Lyles – http://www.spreaker.com/user/softwaretestpro/stp-radio-test-r-evolution-iii-an-expert
• Podcast: State of the Testing Practice (Part 2) – Matt Heusser – http://thetestingshow.libsyn.com/state-of-the-testing-practice-part-2

Items of Interest

• #30daysofsecuritytesting – Task XX – Kristīne Corbus – https://testretreat.com/2017/02/28/20of30days-security-testing/
• New eBook: The Pathologies of Failed Test Automation Projects – Aditya Kalra – http://go-gaga-over-testing.blogspot.com/2017/03/new-ebook-pathologies-of-failed-test.html
• TEMPLATE: Create a Comprehensive Test Strategy – Craig Kam – https://www.stickyminds.com/article/template-create-comprehensive-test-strategy